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Title: Instructors’ Attitude Towards E-learning: An Example of University of Buea Cameroon
Authors: İşçioğlu, Ersun (Supervisor)
Njoh, Tengu Akwi
Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Education, Dept. of Computer Education and Instructional Technology
Keywords: Computer Education and Instructional Technologies Department
Education, Higher--Information Technology (IT)
Computer-Assisted Instruction
E-Learning Instructor's Attitude University of Buea Cameroon)
Education - Computer network resources--Educational Technology--Teacher Attitudes
Educational Technology--Educational Media--E-Learning--E-Library
Information Literacy--Computer Literacy--Digital Literacy--University Instructors
Teaching - Computer network resources
Internet in education
Distance Education
Information Technology--Management
e-learning, instructors’ attitudes, University of Buea, attitudes towards e-learning
Issue Date: Feb-2021
Publisher: Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)
Citation: Njoh, Tengu Akwi. (2021). Instructors’ Attitude Towards E-learning: An Example of University of Buea Cameroon. Thesis (M.S.), Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dept. of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Famagusta: North Cyprus.
Abstract: The main aim of this study is to assess instructors’ attitudes toward e-learning at the University of Buea, Cameroon. In addition, the study also investigates the relation of e-learning attitude of the instructors with teaching experience and gender. The study was completed utilizing quantitative paradigm together with survey method, while the Test of e-Learning Related Attitudes (TeLRA) scale (Kisanga, 2016) was the data collection tool used to gather data from participants. The participants of this study comprised of 100 instructors from the University of Buea who were working in the 2020-2021 Fall semester. The outcome of this study revealed that instructors have positive attitudes towards e learning. Although a high percentage of positive attitudes (66%) towards e-learning was determined from the instructors, it was also discovered that there was some level of negative attitudes (34%) exhibited by the instructors towards e-learning. Furthermore, discoveries from the study also indicates that there was no significant difference between instructors’ attitudes towards e-learning based on their teaching experience and gender.
ÖZ: Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, Buea Üniversitesi (Kamerun) öğretim elemanlarının e öğrenmeye yönelik tutumlarını incelemektedir. Ayrıca çalışmada, öğretim elemanlarının tutumları, öğretim elemanlarının deneyim ve cinsiyetlerine göre de araştırılmıştır. Çalışma nicel bir araştırma olarak planlanmış ve tarama modeli kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler, e-öğrenmeye Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği (TeLRA) veri toplama aracı (Kisanga, 2016) kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu, 2020-21 Güz Dönemi’nde Buea Üniversitesinde görev yapmakta olan öğretim elemanlarından oluşmaktadır. Çalışmaya toplam 100 öğretim elemanı katılım göstermiştir. Araştırmanın sonucunda öğretim elemanlarının e-öğrenmeye yönelik tutumlarının genel olarak olumlu olduğu belirlenmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda, öğretim elemanlarının %66‘sının e-öğrenmeye yönelik olumlu, %34’ünün de olumsuz yönde tutumu olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bulgulara ek olarak, öğretim elemanlarının e-öğrenmeye yönelik tutumları ile öğretim deneyimleri ve cinsiyetleri arasında anlamlı bir farklılık belirlenmemiştir.
Description: Master of Science in Information and Communication Technologies in Education. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research. Thesis (M.S.) - Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Education, Dept. of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, 2021. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ersun İşçioğlu.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11129/6044
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